There are times when I really wonder why God is so diligent in growing me. There are days, weeks, even months in my life when I feel God constantly stretching me, teaching me, coaching me… without giving me much time to rest! (Sometimes the lessons are about learning to rest…but even there he’s growing me!) […]
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Companions
We need to draw a distinction between a friend and a companion. Let us say that a friend is someone who enjoys my company and whose company I enjoy. I have a good time when he’s around. I find myself laughing more, relaxing more. I like his sense of humor and his quirky mannerisms. It […]
Ms. Goody-2-Shoes
‘Goody-2-shoes’ is a phrase I have heard often in my life. Whether uttered in derision or affection, this name has always made me cringe inwardly. To my ears, this term is often synonymous with stick-in-the-mud, inflexible, uncool, and just plain boring. It’s true that I hardly drink, I have never smoked, I have never gone […]
The Jesus Mirror
Week II/2 Spiritual Exercises Asking for “intimate knowledge” of Jesus goes two ways – into Jesus and into yourself. You want reverently to feel what Jesus felt, to see with His eyes, to think what He thought, even to do what He did. But such knowledge of any other person is impossible to the one […]
Will I follow?
The following is adapted from Florencio Segura S.J.’s ” Eight Days of the Spiritual Exercises.” There are those who follow Christ because they want to serve Him whom they call master… and there are those who follow because they are willing to lose their lives for love and in imitation of Christ who is dispossessed […]
Keep faith
Tired beyond belief. “Just float, Ann… let my breath carry you where you’re meant to go.”
Keep looking up!
That day I came home heavy-hearted. I had heard and seen so many things that seemed to indicate failure. After all the months of effort and energy, I had thought there was some fruit. But now I could only see the signs of failure. Disheartened, the path ahead of me loomed dauntingly. I blinked back […]
Prayer for Self-love
I thank you, Lord, my Father for creating me the way I am. I am a mystery, even to myself. I ask that you help me to enter this beautiful mystery that I am. May I come to delight in and love myself the same way that You delight in and love me. Help me […]
My Father’s Love
Lord, I am afraid of displeasing you. I fear losing your love. I fear making you upset and hurt. I fear making you disappointed in me. Ann, That would never happen. Look at the world and remember who I AM. I am not your mother, or father, or husband. I am all of them […]
Twelve Years
Twelve years have passed since that night in Toronto when we enthroned God in our hearts as the Lord of our love. We were so young then, so untried and full of youthful optimism. We had made a commitment to love God first with all the sincerity of our hearts, but with little idea of […]
Journey of the Heart 